hieeeee fellow 🫛🐝s 🥰 let’s put those stats to good use!! my question for you today is what is the most pages read and/or hours listened to in one day for you so far this year?? feel free to put what your most read day was this month too!!

i’ll go first:

for this month: july 14th most pages read - 736 (🤯) july 5th most minutes listened - 444

year to date: june 22nd 597 minutes & july 14th 736 pages :3

I need some help. I thought some other people might need it too.

For those who don't know, HRCYED is a reading challenge created by QWORDY. It is a very hard year-long challenge. Link HERE

I'm struggling to find books for 2 prompts, if anyone has suggestion it would be most helpful! I have included the prompt rules too.

Familial terms in the title - This must be five DIFFERENT familial terms. No boyfriend/girlfriend and husband/wife don't count. i.e Brother, sister, uncle, father... etc.

Numerical Titles - You must do the words one through ten plus one more of a random number. Yes, you may use the words translated into other languages, you may not use "Vol. 1" for manga/comics, etc. Must be the TITLE.

If anyone has a prompt they are struggling with, please feel free to ask below, and I'll see if I can help. Also, thank you in advance to anyone who helps. ❤️

If you don't know what HRCYED is, it's the Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do. It spans the whole year, from july 7th 2026 to july 6th 2027. I made a post about it earlier this year which explains and links everything. Right here.

If you do participate, how did week 2 go? What prompts did you start or finished? Any excellent books read that you recommend? Or terrible ones you'd warn us from? Any hidden gems?

I also wanted to ask if you are interested in me continuing the weekly check-in, or if you would prefer monthly, or not at all?

Have you ever read a book set in a real world location that heavily affected your enjoyment or affection for the story?

I read The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin last year and didn’t like the characters or plot that much, but I loved seeing how Le Guin brought Portland, OR to life. As someone who grew up in the area, I could follow the MC’s commute through the city and how it shaped the novel, and it helped me enjoy my experience a lot more.

On the flip side, I just finished The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin, and struggled to find my footing with the story and the characters. It was well written and there were creative choices I appreciated, but I think I would’ve liked the book more if I had any familiarity with NYC at all.

Does anyone have a similar experience?